, 1887-10-22

noaUele coWches.n stLet all good citizens
henceforth second the efforts Of him who will
be at once the King of all and the first SER
want of France" Clearly this particular Bour-
bon has learnt much and forgotten a good
deal. He has learned many lessons from
Napoleon Ill, and one from Gambetta, and
has forgotten that in accepting the role of
Caesar, he is breaking with the history which
is the foundation of his claim. We have
stated elsewhere our impression of the imme
date results of o manifesto which will shat
ter M. Rouvier's strong but composite party
into little bits.
The indictments to resist the law now 80
common in Ireland, have produced another
murder. An occupying owner near Bally.
castle, County Glare, named Sexton, refused
to restore an evicted tenant to some fields
upon the farm. It was therefore decided to
murder him but the plot was betrayed, and
Head Constable Whelehan, of Ennis, with
twelve policemen, marched on September 18th
to the expected scene of outrage. The moon
lighters, supposed to be twelve in number, on
finding the police in possession, made a deter
mined resistance to capture, but at last fed.
The Head Constable pursued, when one OF
the villains dubbed a gun, and with two lear
full blows dashed his head to pieces. The
men were arrested, but there is, of course,
no evidence that q jury will convict. Head
Constable Whelehan was an officer of special
ly good character, who had been twenty-five
years in the force, and was widely known
for his humanity and discretion. Lord Fltz-
gerald on Wednesday pronounced q strong
eulogium on him in the House of Lords, and
it was announced before the House rose that
q pension of $40 and a sum of $3.50 would be
bestowed upon the widow, who, it must be
remembered, will, like the daughters of the
murdered Mr.. Curtin, probably be boycotted.
In a sitting of the House of Commons, Mr..
Harrington was Justly suspended. He re.
fused to sit down when ordered, and declared
that "the Speaker had been on the pounce
to catch him since he stood up The Speak
err took no notice of the accusation beyond
naming the offender, and is, of course, far too
Injured to the "dreary drip" of desultory dull
ness which now marks the House, to be i'm.
patient of any individual dripper. 1t wears
down his health, as it does that of even the
strongest Ministers, but he and they acquit
themselves like quiet men tortured by wo-
mems "nagging." They possess their souls in
patience, only wondering why deafness is
sometimes considered a grievous burden.
The Emperor of Germany remained four
days at Stettin, but the Gar of Russia did
not pay him any visit. Considering that the
Russian Emperor is staying at Copenhagen,
distant only a few hours steaming, that he is
grand nephew of the aged Monarch, that he
will probably never see him again, and that
the courtesy of Sovereigns required the visit,
the Germans think the admission one more
proof that the Russian Court is sullen and
I. dissatisfied. If it is so, the cause must be
distrust of Prince Bismarck, for the German
Chancellor loses nc opportunity of assuring
st. Petersburg that Germany cares nothing
about Bulgaria. He did not, however, sup
port the proposal that a Russian General
should go to Sofia as Turkish Commissioner,
and he has demanded permission for three
German ironclads to cruise off Rutschuk. The
reason assigned is some wretched insult in a
Bulgarian newspaper but the German En-
pire hardly sends fleets to chastise editors,
and the true reason must be that Prime
Bismarck is acutely interested in the fate of
Bulgaria, and intends to make his interest
heavily felt.
We cannot affect to discern the ultimate
meaning of what is just now happening in
Sofia. The most probably theory is that
the other Powers stand aloof to watch, only
insisting that Russia shall notoccupy without
their consent. The Cars Government is
therefore reduced to acting Indirectly, either
through Turkey or local intriguers, or the
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